December 2008
Top 10 SOC Moments of 2008
10) Vegas to start the year. Two nights of table and bottle service at Rain and Moon (both at the Palms). Not to mention the AVN Adult Entertainment Convention was there that weekend, so I get the feeling we were hanging out with a lot of porn stars and just didn’t realize it.
9) Graduating college. The real story is the 13-day bender I accomplished on all the way up to graduation. I...
If anyone wants to come party with me and friends...
I have an extra ticket to this bar in Lincoln Park. Open bar duuuudes!
Bret Hart Theme Song
This song still gets me all...
In sad news...
Illinois would be 14-0 if it wasn’t for that blunder of a Clemson game when the team just caved in the 2nd half. Sad face.
Illinois bounces #9 Purdue in OT →
Now before people get all ridiculous and put us in the rankings, realize that this isn’t the year for a Big Ten Championship or our shot to go deep in the tourney. However, next year is.
We will have some big games this year, some of which we’ll win due to people overlooking us, and other because we’re just not that talented and cohesive yet. So my advice: relish in the solid...
Lady Gaga - Just Dance (Bambossa Remix)
A...
Singing original tunes at 2 am on a Monday whilst...
Fun.
I kinda want to set up a live internet radio broadcast where I can sign on and play originals and covers while I’m loaded and whoever’s around can tune in. Any ideas on how to get that done? kthxbai!
How Irish am I?
It’s a Monday, and I’m drunk with my old roommate, looking to pick a fight, or at least look crazy enough to do so.
Don’t worry, the guy we’re looking for hooked up with his girlfriend a few months ago.
Out!
Zooey Deschanel Is Engaged! →
FUCK YOU BEN GIBBORD!
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKK YYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
No title needed.
me: well he said theres a bunch of bars that are gonna hire some new people soon and he was told to ask some friends
coworker: yeah, i try to stick with that too
coworker: oohps
coworker: wrong box
me: thats what she said!
me: OOOOOOOOOOoo
coworker: oh god
Someone just told me...
that she’s selling these tickets I want tonight, despite the fact I just offered her $20 more per ticket for the other person. When I made the offer, she said…
“It’s not about the money.”
Fuck that person and their communism. Everyone has a price. Everyone.
Many Teens Don't Keep Virginity Pledges →
Quote to Note: “Strikingly, pledgers are less likely than similar non-pledgers to use condoms and also less likely to use any form of birth control.”
I always kinda respected “pledgers”, but that was always kinda overshadowed by grandiose amounts of skepticism.
Back to Chicago.
I have this entire week off from work. Let’s go do something.
I'm going to drink a lot of cheap beer tonight.
I just wanted to see that in big letters while at KMart, and someone is inevitably looking over my shoulder at what I’m writing.
My jerk line of the night on Friday.
Random hottie from high school days: Hey Pat how are you??? [gives hug]
Me: I'm doing good. How about you? [slowly continuing to move]
Random: I'm doin ok. You look really, really good!
Me: Yeah I know. Alright hold on... [walk away]
KMart has free internet access for 30 minutes.
It took a visit to KMart to find this out. I’m kinda thrilled about this development, even though it will mean nothing in 23 minutes and 52 seconds…
Tomorrow's Agenda:
1) Drive to the coast. 2) Get a cheesesteak from Vinnie’s. 3) Shoot the shit with friends and smoke a fat cigar. 4) Buy lots of booze. 5) Drink all of it. 6) Drink a 5 hour energy. 7) Go out with friends and have a better night than the rest of the people there. 8) Go to windmill and get cheese fries and a coke. 9) Pass out.
Card subject to change.
I don't care who you are...
If you don’t like Joel Osteen as a person, no matter what religion you are, you should just jump off a cliff… into a pile of forgiving pillows, placed by Joel Osteen.
His congregation scares me, but he himself is probably one of the smartest religious figures in modern history. Smart in the sense that he chooses his words unbelievably well. And it’s more soothing than a cup of...
Im in North Lima, OH.
…
…
…? Yuppppppp.
New Jersey tomorrow afternoon.
So I'm driving home and...
I hear “Born to be Wild” come on the radio.
I immediately thought for a split second that I had a gorilla in the passenger seat named Katie who could speak sign language and we were on a cross-country mission to free her.
That’s beacuse whenever I hear that song, I think of that part in that epic movie.
HARDCORE.
It took me a half hour to break my car free from its snow-covered, plowed-in, iced-over state on the street. I teeter-tottered on an iceberg before muscling out and almost hitting a few cars across the street. Once I made it out safely and successfully, I just had to find a spot that was less entrenched by ice.
NEW JERSEY TOMORROW FTW!
IM ALLOWED TO BUY WINTER CLASSIC TICKETS AT NOON...
Awesooooooooooooooooooooome
Why drinking in the cold is stupid...
Alcohol is a vasodilator. This means that it makes your blood vessels open up and expand, thereby bringing more blood to the surface of your skin. That blood flow to the surface of your skin makes you feel nice and toasty. But it’s at the surface of your skin that heat exchange takes place.
So, if you’re outside and you take a nip, you’ll initially feel warmer from the increased...
Des Plaines gets wins casino bid →
Pumped. 2 massive, new, state-of-the-art casinos within a 30 minute drive from my apartment now. This one will actually be in a good area though.
I know it's early but...
Illinois Football 2009 Schedule Sept. 5 vs. Missouri (St. Louis) - with Chase Daniel finally leaving, expect Illinois to come out blazing, pissed off from a disappointing final stretch run in 2008. Illinois wins 42-24. Offense to be led by disgusting air attack of QB Juice Williams, WR Arrelious Benn, and blue-chip Florida transfer WR Jarrod Fayson. Sept. 12 Illinois State - Illinois will host...
RailFan: The CTA Video Game →
A CTA-based transit system simulator video game. I would say this is so nerdy and boring that it’s ridiculous, but I honestly think I would play it briefly to 1) see how realistic/accurate it is and 2) to crash trains together in the loop and create havoc.
U of C to open co-ed dorms. →
The reasoning cited by students was to erradicate “sexism”. In reality, we all know they just want to discreetly bone each other with more convenience. However, I will say this…
Living in a co-ed dorm provides a lot of unspoken positives in terms of social development. Similar to attending a co-ed high school, it eases the transition for men and women who eventually will have...
Interesting behavior I noticed today...
I always take my first step down a set of stairs with my right foot. I only noticed this because for some reason, I took the first step with my left yesterday and didn’t really feel too good about it. I’m not OCD, but I think that’s one thing that I’m programmed to do after 23 years of stair-descending. But maybe it’s a righty/lefty thing too? Who knows.
“But the worst danger was from the cold — exacerbated by 20-to-30 mph winds that...”
– National Weather Service
The reason this living situation in Chicago won’t last after I’m 30 years old.
“‘Well you see, Norm, it’s like this… A herd of buffalo can...”
– Cliff, Cheers
There goes the Jets' playoff hopes...
It’s times like these when I know how Cubs’ fans feel. Although it’s not as bad because we’ve at least won a title in the last 100 years.
hono-lulu:
arletty:
hipstertracks:
Fleet Foxes...
-3 Degrees in Chicago.
First negatives of the year and how fitting that it comes at the official start of winter.
Not leaving the apartment today.